PUBLICATIONS:
1. Sommers, C.H., and W.J. Mackay. 2005. DNA-damage Inducible Gene Expression and Formation of
5-fluorouracil Resistant Mutants in Escherichia coli Exposed to 2-Dodecyclobutanone. J. Food Sci. 70:254256.
2. Brumfield, J.M., and W.J. Mackay. 2002. Mutagenic Activity of Idarubicin and Epirubicin in the
Bacterium Salmonella typhimurium. Texas J. Sci. 54(3):249-260.
3. Mackay, W.J., and L.A. Phelps. 2001. The induction of GC to AT transition mutations with adriamycin
in the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium. Texas J. Sci. 53(3):239-246.
4. Mackay, W.J., L.A. Phelps, A.A. Cauchi, and L.T. Weaver. 2000. The mutagenic effects of
anthracyclines in the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium: Induction of transition mutations with
daunomycin. Texas J. Sci. 52(3):223-229.
5. Mackay, W.J., and L.A. Phelps. 2000. Construction of a tissue-specific Punch promoter::lacZ
expression vector that encodes GTP cyclohydrolase in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Texas J. Sci.
52(2):115-120.
6. Berardini, M., W. Mackay and E.L. Loechler. 1997. A site-specific study of a plasmid containing a
single nitrogen mustard interstrand cross-link: Evidence for a second, recombination-independent pathway
for the repair of DNA interstrand cross-links. Biochemistry 36(12):3506-3513.
7. Moritz, T., W. Mackay, B.J. Glassner, D.A. Williams and L. Samson. 1995. Retrovirus-mediated
expression of a DNA repair protein in bone marrow protects hematopoietic cells from nitrosourea-induced
toxicity in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Res. 55:2608-2614.
8. Sommers, C.H., W.J. Mackay, J. Nalezny, P. Gee, M. Benjamin and S.B. Farr. 1995. Induction of DEL
recombination in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a microtiter plate assay format. In Vitro
Toxicology 8(1):37-47.
9. Orser, C.S., F.C.F. Foong, S.R. Capaldi, J. Nalezny, W. Mackay, M. Benjamin and S.B. Farr. 1995.
Use of prokaryotic stress promoters as indicators of the mechanisms of chemical toxicity. In Vitro
Toxicology 8(1):71-85.
10. Mackay, W.J., S. Han and L. Samson. 1994. DNA alkylation repair limits spontaneous base
substitution mutations in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriology 176(11):3224-3230.
11. Matijasevic, Z., M. Boosalis, W. Mackay, L. Samson and D.B. Ludlum. 1993. Protection against
chloroethyl nitrosourea cytotoxicity by eukaryotic 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
USA 90:11855-11859.
12. Mackay, W., M. Benasutti, E. Drouin and E.L. Loechler. 1992. Mutagenesis by (+)-anti-B[a]P-N2-Gua,
the major adduct of activated benzo[a]pyrene, when studied in an Escherichia coli plasmid using sitedirected methods. Carcinogenesis 13(8):1415-1425.
13. Mackay, W.J., W.C. Orr and G.C. Bewley. 1990. Genetic and molecular analysis of antioxidant
enzymes in Drosophila melanogaster. A correlation between catalase activity levels, life-span, and
spontaneous mutation rate. In: Molecular Biology of Aging: UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular
Biology. 123. Edited by M. Clegg and S. O'Brien. Alan R. Liss, Inc. New York, New York:157-170.
14. Bewley, G.C., and W.J. Mackay. 1990. Development of a genetic model for acatalasemia: Testing the
oxygen free radical theory of aging. In: Genetic Effects of Aging. Vol II, Chapter 18. Edited by D.E.
Harrison. The Telford Press, West Caldwell, New Jersey. pp. 359-378.
15. Mackay, W.J., and G.C. Bewley. 1989. The genetics of catalase in Drosophila melanogaster. Isolation
and characterization of acatalasemic mutants. Genetics 122:643-652.
16. O'Donnell, J., R. Boswell, T. Reynolds and W. Mackay. 1989. A cytogenetic analysis of the Punch tudor region of chromosome 2R in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 121:273-280.
17. Bewley, G.C, W.J. Mackay and J.L. Cook. 1986. Temporal variation for the expression of catalase in
Drosophila melanogaster: Correlations between rates of enzyme synthesis and levels of translatable
catalase-messenger RNA. Genetics 113:919-938.
18. Mackay, W.J., E.R. Reynolds and J.M. O'Donnell. 1985. Tissue-specific and complex
complementation patterns in the Punch locus in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 111:885-904.
19. Mackay, W.J., and J.M. O'Donnell. 1983. A genetic analysis of the pteridine biosynthetic
enzyme guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 105:35-53.